Below follows a joint statement on the progress of the EU-UK Agreement in respect of Gibraltar:
European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares and UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, together with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo met in Brussels on Friday 12 April.
Number Six has said that the Opposition’s offer to help the Government with the collection of housing arrears “comes on the back of the embarrassing revelation that housing arrears increased by about 600% during their time in office.” This explains, argues the Government, the GSD’s “newly found eagerness to depoliticise the issue after they were the ones who politicised it in the first place, only to end up with egg on their faces.”
The GSD has said that the statement by Ms Sacramento, the Housing Minister, “is more of the same aggressive diatribe that the public has come to expect from the Government.”
Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, has confirmed that the 2016 Gibraltar Drama Festival will take place from Tuesday 15th to Saturday 19th March 2016. All performances will take place at the Ince’s Hall. A total of 14 plays will be presented as follows: